At this time, Yan Mingjun also realized that he had made a serious mistake in his judgment of Danzhou. The influence of the Haihan people in Danzhou far exceeded his previous expectations.

Yan Mingjun originally thought that in Danzhou, a place where culture and education flourished, literati would be more disciplined, and Haihan's influence in the local area should mainly come from military coercion, and this method was not so easy for scholars. Yan Mingjun thought that as long as he arrived in Danzhou and shouted in the cultural circle in the name of the magistrate, there would definitely be a large number of scholars loyal to the imperial court, but he was forced to succumb to the Haihan scholars to stand up and respond, even if it was not enough to immediately affect the control of the Haihan people in the local area, but at least it could turn the direction of public opinion to the side that was favorable to the Ming Dynasty. In time, it is also expected that the power of public opinion will be used to force the Haihan people to make concessions, and the Ming Dynasty will regain control of the military and political affairs here through the local government.

However, the local situation is obviously not as optimistic as Yan Mingjun expected, and Haihan's control of Danzhou is not only about city defense, it can be said that the entire social operation model here has been deeply branded with Haihan's imprint. The business and cultural circles here have long been eroded by the Haihan Dynasty, and even the famous Danzhou academies have not been spared, and these conditions are obviously not controlled by the Guangdong government on the mainland.

Judging from the events he has experienced in just one day in Danzhou, Yan Mingjun believes that Daming's influence here, at least on the bright side, has lost to Haihan. All of them were middle- and upper-class people in the local society, and these people were obviously more willing to stand on the side of the Haihan than to be on the same side as themselves, the court officials.

Of course, Yan Mingjun can also understand their difficulties from the roundabout speeches of the heads of the academy just now, if they do not stand in the same camp as the Haihan people, then they will obviously be at a great disadvantage in the competition with their peers, after they have the sponsorship of the Haihan, they can be widely discipled, hold various activities to expand their influence, and the academy that is unwilling to accept these conditions will obviously be excluded from the mainstream cultural circle.

In the final analysis, it is still interests, human nature is like this, and Yan Mingjun has nothing to say. The Haihan people are not just a group of businessmen who are very good at making money, their control of the current situation has obviously greatly exceeded the scope of businessmen. And the current situation in Danzhou, as Zhang Xin said before, is not suitable for immediate transfer to the local government.

Although Yan Mingjun was extremely disappointed in his heart, he also knew that if he didn't make a remedy immediately, he was afraid that he would have to consider stepping down before he officially took office.

"Since people from all walks of life in the local area think so, it should be that the official is too worried. Yan Mingjun had already lost face once, and he didn't care about slapping himself twice: "It seems that the Haihan Management Committee has indeed managed the local affairs in an orderly manner, and this credit will be reported to the governor in an official document." Director Zhang and everyone present here will be rewarded by the imperial court in the future. ”

Yan Mingjun's attitude changed so quickly, even Zhang Xin didn't expect it, he could only secretly give a thumbs up to Yan's face in his heart. Originally, Zhang Xin did prepare various plans for possible contradictions and conflicts, if Yan Mingjun wanted to tear his face and make trouble, the militia arranged by Zhang Xin downstairs would go upstairs to arrest people as soon as he received the signal, and then Zhang Xin would show some "evidence" to prove that the new Lord Zhizhou had actually colluded with the pirate gang for a long time, and sent him to Heitu Port as a miner by boat as soon as dawn.

Of course, this is only a means of dealing with extreme situations, and the opinion of the Executive Committee is to continue to let the Ming government institutions remain in the near future, and try not to intensify the contradictions between the local management committee and the Ming officials.

Of course, Zhang Xin is not willing to make trouble for himself, if the new Ming officials are arrested, it is not that they will be sent away, he will have to write a written report to the base camp to explain the causes and consequences, and he will have to deal with the aftermath of the matter by himself. Therefore, seeing that Yan Mingjun began to admit it, Zhang Xin still gave him a step down in a timely manner: "Lord Yan has just arrived, and he doesn't understand the local situation, and some mistakes and omissions are inevitable. To take over the local government affairs, Lord Yan doesn't need to be too anxious, just follow our arrangement step by step. ”

"Then there is Director Lao Zhang!" Yan Mingjun replied with a smile, as if he had not had a verbal dispute with Zhang Xin just now.

The next banquet is hello, hello, everyone's good atmosphere, and the only person who expresses depression and unhappiness is probably Li Jin. However, after he finished two bottles of "Sanya Special Brew", he seemed to have temporarily forgotten his previous unhappiness.

After the banquet, Zhang Xin did not arrange other entertainment programs, but still sent a carriage to send Yan Mingjun and Li Jin back to their residences. Yan Mingjun did not rush back to the room to rest, but went to the study, took out the silver tickets he got from Mariko and Li Nai a few days ago, and put them on the desk.

The total face value of the two silver bills has exceeded 1,000 taels, which is for Yan Mingjun, if he only relies on his official salary and silver income, he will have to save for several years to save this amount. Even if I used to have some oil and water in Luoding Prefecture, it was difficult to have such a large amount of concentrated income. And Zhang Xin also told him at the wine table just now that as long as he is an official in Danzhou for one day, he can get a one-day allowance from the Haihan Management Committee, even if he doesn't do anything, he will still have a lot of income in a year. All bank bills issued by Haihan Bank can be cashed at the nearest bank branch in Danzhou City.

Whether to have a safe and stable tenure with money to collect, or a tenure with uncertain prospects that is likely to make a big come, Yan Mingjun was a little difficult to choose for a while. He did have the intention of coming to Danzhou to show his skills and give full play to his personal governance talents, but after coming here, he found that he was constrained, and there was no room for him to display his skills. Taking 10,000 steps back, after seeing the means and abilities of the Haihan people, he really didn't dare to boast that he could do better than the Haihan people. At least immediately after the great rebellion, they began to organize the local people to renovate the docks and official roads, which is not something that ordinary rulers can have.

However, if according to Zhang Xin's intentions, he would be a mud bodhisattva decoration pretending to be deaf and dumb in Danzhou, Yan Mingjun would really be a little unconvinced, not to mention that this was indeed not in line with his identity as a Ming official. If you don't do anything, isn't it just to give Danzhou to the Haihan people, so that this place will gradually become the territory of the Haihan people?

Yan Mingjun thought about it, and the wine gradually increased, and he fell asleep in the study. It wasn't until his family called him outside the room the next morning that he woke up from his slumber. Yan Mingjun collected the silver ticket and walked out of the study, only to know that there was a servant who came here to report.

Yan Mingjun didn't even bother to eat breakfast, so he immediately rushed to the front yard and saw several officials hanging a plaque with the words "Danzhou" on the gate. Yan Mingjun looked at the corners of the plaque and there were traces of smoke and fire, and estimated that most of this thing was the state government plaque that escaped when it was attacked by pirates before. However, the plaque is seven feet wide and nearly three feet high, and it is a bit exaggerated to hang at the entrance of this courtyard, and the lower edge has obscured the two gates that are open to it.

Yan Mingjun frowned and said, "The size is uncomfortable, this is inevitably unseemly!"

When the officials heard this, they stopped and saluted Yan Mingjun: "If Lord Yan doesn't like it, do you need to make another plaque?"

Yan Mingjun just wanted to say yes, but after thinking about it, the Danzhou state treasury has long been emptied, and more than half of the current operating funds have to be maintained by the Haihan people, so if the Haihan people refuse to pay this unjust money, then they have to pay for it themselves? The plaque of this official government is black and golden, although the workmanship is not expensive, but twenty or thirty taels of silver always have to be spent, so why should he be the head of this injustice?

Of course, the most important thing is that if you say that you want to change it, this rumor will reach the ears of Haihan people, and you won't be able to make this plaque for a year and a half. More is better than less, all the pretends, make do with the first use. Even if there is a slight sense of disobedience, it is not that I am staring outside anyway, as long as it does not hinder the entry and exit.

"There's no need to change it, since this plaque is intact, let's use it first!" Yan Mingjun commanded quietly. Several officials answered and continued the installation work at hand.

Yan Mingjun saw that these officials were all dressed as authentic Ming people, and their accents were obviously different from those of the Haihan people, and they should all be locals, so he immediately took the initiative to ask: "How many of you did things in the yamen before this?"

The first person responded: "Lord Hui Yan, the villain He Qi, and these brothers used to be on duty in the soap class of the state government. ”

Yan Mingjun said: "The officials of the Danzhou Prefecture Ya, how many of you are left?"

Then He Qi responded: "When the pirates attacked the city last year, the Lord Zhizhou and the General decided to stick to the state office, but they were bombarded by the pirates with artillery, and there were heavy casualties. After the Haihan people came, they have been recruiting laborers, and many brothers quit their jobs to help the Haihan people in order to beg for food. ”

Yan Mingjun nodded slightly, he has many years of experience in local politics, and he can understand what He Qi said.

In the Ming Dynasty, the county yamen was generally equipped with three classes of officials, namely the soap class on duty, the fast shift arrest service, and the strong class doing hard work. Of course, the so-called three-class government service is actually just a general term, in fact, there are many positions in the yamen outside this division of labor, such as Minzhuang, archers, poor food, menzi, servants, janitors, men, men, palanquins, horsemen, etc. Although Danzhou is vast and sparsely populated, there is not much population, but there are two or three hundred officials in this state.

The wages of these people are relatively low, and the official treatment is generally only a few taels of silver a year, and the technical positions will be slightly higher, mainly relying on various gray incomes to make a living. But after the government institutions in Danzhou were destroyed by pirates, these officials were immediately unemployed, and without the authority of the government as a backer, these people were not much different from ordinary idlers. As soon as the income is cut off, naturally there is nothing to talk about being loyal to the imperial court, whoever can give food is the father, when Haihan recruits workers, these officials also know that Haihan's rules are to manage food, housing, and salary, so they all rushed to sign up.

Of course, there are not many people who are really assigned to work on the construction site, these people have been screened out when they sign up, and most of them will still be assigned to more suitable places and positions according to their own strengths. For example, those who were engaged in arresting fast officials were selected to receive training from the Ministry of Justice as police cadets, and then transferred from the Daming Arrest Fast to the Haihan Police Division. In particular, almost all technical positions, whether they are archers, servants or grooms, have corresponding positions, and even the errand workers responsible for collecting grain have been absorbed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture, and their work experience will be an important reference for these departments to promote the new land system and grain planting technology in northern Qiongbei.

The few errand officers who were "returned" really had no personal skills, and the only thing they were good at was standing in the public court and shouting might, dancing sticks and beating the prisoners' buttocks. This skill was not of much use to the Haihan Ministry of Justice, considering that the new magistrates also had to be equipped with a team to be decent, so Zhang Xin pulled these people out of the dock construction site and arranged for them to come back as officials.

Yan Mingjun sighed: "You are loyal and have not been led away by the Haihan people. ”

Several officials didn't say anything when they heard this, if it wasn't for the Haihan people who arranged for them to come back as officials, then in fact, they would still work on the construction site. Haihan gave them a salary of three taels of silver per month, two meals during the working period, and what kind of labor point promotion system can increase income. Although it is much harder than being a black-faced god with a pestle and a water and fire stick in the past, the income level is indeed much higher.

Of course, the Haihan people also explained when they arranged for them to come back to work as government officials, and they could get the same salary as working on the construction site, but the only condition was that they had to report to the relevant departments in a timely manner all kinds of abnormal movements of the state government - for example, whether a certain adult who was not so peaceful and disciplined had said anything against Haihan.

These people all saw how the pirate army conquered Danzhou City with sharp artillery fire, and they also saw that the invincible pirate army did not dare to take resistance measures when the Haihan militia attacked, and abandoned the city and fled early. They have a personal understanding of how powerful the power of Haihan is, and they know Cheng Dù much more deeply than Yan Mingjun, an outsider. For this work arranged by the Haihan people, they did not have the intention of resisting at all.